Woman accused of threatening mother with knife

ALTON — Authorities charged a 30-year-old woman Tuesday with two misdemeanors after she allegedly threatened to cut her mother with a steak knife during an argument.

Valerie V. Rounds, who an Alton police report says lives with her mother in the 900 block of Washington Avenue, is facing charges of aggravated assault and disorderly conduct.

The mother, 55, was not injured.

The police report says the women were arguing Friday morning about the landlord inspecting their residence when Rounds allegedly pulled the knife out of a kitchen drawer. Rounds pointed the knife at the older woman and threatened to cut her, putting it away when she saw her mother calling police at 10:26 a.m.

Rounds then allegedly began screaming and throwing items in the kitchen, breaking them, the report says.